El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop
Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE)·El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points)·🇪🇨 Pichincha Province, Ecuador
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About El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop in Pichincha Province, Ecuador is a Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE) ancient-village attributed to El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points). Highland obsidian workshop at Ilaló volcano foothills with fishtail points, earliest Ecuador settlement. Bell: El Inga site with Quiscatola obsidian source 20 km, fishtail points 9000 BCE.
Why it mattersType-site for highland El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points) occupation
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Culture chronology refinement
- 02Imperial administration model
Theories
- 01Defensive puna adaptation
- 02Wari imperial expansion
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 9000 BCE
- Period
- Preceramic (9000–5000 BCE)
- Culture
- El Inga Preceramic (Fishtail points)
- Purpose
- Highland obsidian workshop at Ilaló volcano foothills with fishtail points, earliest Ecuador settlement
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 9000 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1960 CE
Systematic archaeological expedition
On the ground
Structures & features
0.2000° S · 78.4200° W · 2500 m · 3 mapped features
El Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop — House Compound
houseHouse or oval house compound
0.1998° S · 78.4199° WEl Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop — Midden/Workshop Area
middenShell midden or lithic workshop
0.2002° S · 78.4198° WEl Inga — Quito Obsidian Workshop — Plaza Centre
plazaCentral plaza
0.1996° S · 78.4203° W